Premier Foods
| Premier Foods plc | |
|---|---|
| legal form | plc |
| ISIN | GB00B7N0K053 |
| founding | 1975 |
| Seat | St Albans , United Kingdom |
| management | Gavin Darby ( CEO ) |
| Number of employees | 4132 (2016/17) |
| sales | £ 790 million (2016/17) |
| Branch | food industry |
| Website | www.premierfoods.co.uk |
Premier Foods is a British food manufacturer based in St Albans . Premier Foods is included in the FTSE Smallcap Equity Index . The majority of the company has been owned by Brait SE, which is controlled by Christoffel Wiese , since 2007 .
history
Premier Foods was founded in 1975 by Harry Solomon and David Thompson. In 2004 the company went public. In 2007 Rank Hovis McDougall was taken over for 1.2 billion British pounds and thus came into the possession of brands such as Cadbury plc , Sharwood’s and Bisto .
Products
The company produces soft drinks, confectionery, pastries, convenience food , flours and spices. The most important brands (sometimes only as regional rights holder) include: Ambrosia (pudding), Angel Delight (desserts), Atora (condiments), Batchelors (convenience food, especially instant soups), Be-Ro (flour), Birds (desserts) , Bisto (sauces), Cadbury's (pastries), Homepride (sauces), Loyd (sauces), Grossman (sauces), Lyons (pastries), Marvel (powdered milk), McDougalls (flour and baking mixes), Mr Kipling (cakes), Ormo (Pastries), Oxo (canned foods and sauces), Paxo ( farces ), Saxa (salt), Sharwood's (sauces) and Smash (mashed potatoes).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Annual Report 2016/17 , accessed on November 16, 2017
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Shares plummet at Premier Foods , BBC, February 8, 2008
- ^ Premier Foods looks forward to more Hovis after takeover , The Guardian, December 5, 2006